Malaysia
Malaysia has more than 1,000 Covid-19 patients in ICU for first time
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Malaysia racked up another new record today as 1,009 Covid-19 patients were sent to intensive care units (ICUs) today.

It’s the first time since the pandemic begun that the number of critical patients hit four digits.

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The Health Ministry’s latest statistics showed that more than half of the 1,009 Covid-19 patients currently in ICUs require respiratory support, with 524 such patients.

Today is also the day that the country recorded its most Covid-19 fatalities within a single day with 207 deaths.

Just yesterday, Malaysia hit a new record in daily new Covid-19 cases at 17,045 cases, and crossed into a cumulative total of more than one million cases.

Today, Malaysia recorded 14,516 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 1,027,954 cases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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